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The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-09-16

nv. life of the flesh IS the hlooa
thereof; pure blood means healthy
.,,,t,ona, activity. and this bears
,.;,b !, the certainty OF quick resto1"-
!" - ts,u sickness or accident. Or;
~ !, y ,feLean's strengthening Sofa'al
-, nlood Purifier gives pure, 1ic''
a,u ! -. ,nd yitalizes and strengthens
nloo .na whn,e body. 81 per bottle.
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-09-16

Tie Truth Teller of septem Der III
speaking of the sisstton Reservation
cav. .lt,sa mistake, however, 70
aunnose that the remnant Of this res
erva,ion i, to be sold IS the govern
= ant without the consent OF the lndi-
ans. The remnant is stu thelr l'h'
IN common, as inylolahly As before
.na reservation can never be op-
,ned without the consent OF this peo.
Mo or the breaking Of treaty. Aho
Mo a.y for treaty breaking has goht
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-09-16

r,b, one ., pr. J. II. Mclean 5
,vcr and kidney Pellets ~
n'snt ,',,, before you go to bed and you
-, ,n,n he surprised how baoyant and
80 won. YOU will feel tho next Gay :
p,,y IS cents vial.
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-09-16
ENI u L + l L I =!
THE NEW AND BEAUTIFUL
S U M W. e r r & s = r L
SHORE OF
3ICr STONE Lake,.
THE NEW AND BEAUTIFUL
8I&s- zToTIE liza ~ e

The lake shore
and hlnt' 1T this
beautiful spot has
recently been plat
ted into q nNm bel
Of very choice lots
" here The vieN
oveTlooks the lake
The drainage is
tie finest that car.
he obtained. and
the shore IS heaN-
lily wooded with
magnificent trees
and "a great lt.o-
fusion OF foliage.
L = on / h e S 9
grounds are he
p'lrest and fines,
springs of tiowlng
water III the world
The railroad s',l-
ton is near hy
Quite a number
Of lots have al
ready been lill
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-09-16
Good stock for Sale.

r,,,een good young cows and ..,a Two
rAls.Lhd rAlsshhrad Holstein bulls iof saAe'
inGrons M.,,, w ,.p sold on time # desired. .o.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15
CIGAR FASHIONS.
SOME POINTS NOT GENERALLY
KNOWN By SMOKERS.
Laws as Inexorab1e as Those in Force in
the Woman's Realm-Cuba for Time
Led the World-The Invention of
Modern Molds-Names of Shapes.
Copyrighted. 1871

Although not generally known, fash
ions exist in cigars, and cigar manufac-
turers bow to fashions decree with the
same alacEity that characterizes the &C.
tions of the milliner ,dressmaker or tailor.
A cigar is a cigar in the eyes of the
smoking public. 1t is noticed, however,
that their shapes differ-some are long,
while others are short; some thick, and
others thin; but fashion is not regarded
by the general public as having anything
to do with it. Fashion may not act as
arbitrarily as in matters of dress, but it,
nevertheless, does govern the shape and
style of the cigar.
Cuba for long time set the fashions
for the rest of the world for cigars The
cigars were all made by hand, and the
tobacco was rolled into various shapes
by the cigarmaker. These shapes were
named Reinitas, Conchas, Concha Espe-
Gals, Londres, Londres Grandes, Roths-
childs, 1mperials and Reina Victorias.
AS time went on new shapes were added
like Conchitas, for the smallest size
Trabucos, for shape that is pointed at
both ends, and other terms as fancy
dictated. These terms now represent
the size of cigar, as we'll as its shape.
The Germans were the first to introduce
wooden forms or molds into the manu-
facture of cigars, but two cigarmakers
working at their trades about fourteen
years ago, in Cincinnati, thought they
could improve on the German molds.
While one of them continued to work at
cigarmaking to furnish the sinews of
war, the other started an experimental
shop and worked at developing molds, ON
the premises. Finally, he struck it and
after patenting it, he gave it to the cigar
making world. A company was then
formed to manufacture the improved
American mold, but it was not at the out
set success. Prejudice had first to be
overcome and the superior advantages of
the American mold had to be demon
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

England States added to the States of
Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Penn
sylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,
| Simpson, which is the southern bound
Barrow on the Arctic ocean. From East
to west its islands stretch 1900 miles
across the Pacific, almost to the coast of
Asia. Attu island, which is mentioned
in the treaty of purchase as being the
furthest point west of the land granted,
is in the 199th meridian of west longi-
tude, and is further west from San Fran
cisco than that city is west of the coats
of Maine.
The mainland of Alaska comprises the
northwestern end of our continent, and
is bounded on the north by the Arctic
ocean, on the south by the Pacific, and
west by Boring sea.
Southeastern Alaska, which is at pres
ent attracting considerable attention,
consists of long strip of the mainland,
about thirty miles wide, bordering on
British Columbia 1t runs along the
coast for 400 miles down to lati-
tude $40 4O<, which is the southern
boundary. This extreme southern point
which the territory touches is about 900
miles north of the nearest American
soil in Washington Territory. Along
this narrow strip are number of large
islands, some of them hundred miles
in length and fifty in breadth. South
eastern Alaska contains over 10000
square miles. While the Russians were
occupying this coast country the Hudson
Bay Company was pushing its discov-
cries through the interior; and it is
owing to this fact that Alaska has but a
narrow strip of the mainland at this
point. The present boundary lines are
those agreed upon by treaty between
Great Britain and Russia in 1925.
In 1865 the Western Union Telegraph
Company sent out an expedition which
explored Alaska from Fraser river to
Boring strait, with view Of making an
overland telegraph line connecting with
Asia by cable across the strait.
Upon the successful working of the
Atlantic cable this project was aban-
doned, though 100000 had been ex-
pended in the explorations.
Alaska possesses many natural won
ders, and within her borders nature has
wrought some of her most sublime
works. Of mountains, she boasts the
highest on the North American continent.
The summit of Mount Wrangel is over
10000 feet above sea level, its
base being about 1000 feet above sea
level Grander still is Mount St.
Elias, which rises over 10000 feet, its
base washed by the ocean. Boring was
the first white man who gazed upon
this grand peak and from him it
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

thick cigar or one with blunt head is
called for, and the mold must be fur
nished with the matrices having these
requirements. Blunt or marble heads
show the idiosyncrasies of smokers.
Fancy a cigar, with its head blunt,
rounded off, not tapering, and you have
the marble head, as they are called in the
cigar trade.
The mechanical ingenuity required
to make a mold is of a very high
order. First, an exact model of wood is
turned of the cigar wanted, and then the
wooden model is duplicated in steel
With this tool-called a reamer-the
matrlX is bored from which cigars of
that shape are made.
Formerly cheap or mold cigars, made
in hurry, would not smoke. The
combustion was not perfect; some part
of the filler interfered with the draft of
a cigar. Now, with the aid of the i'm
proved mold, cigars, however cheap, can
be made to burn well. A part of the
test of good cigar is its burning quail
ties, and one that will burn evenly, ignite
re: ", leave white ashes and hold fire
Indefinitely, you may be sure is made of
excellent tobacco. The prime test of
cigars, OF course, IS tne aroma, ana
hence those made from tobacco coming
from the famous Vuelta Abajo of Cuba
are of the highest quality, but the ques-
ton of ignition and combustion is of
paramount Importance, and cigar, how
ever good its quality, if it does not draw
and burn we'll is regarded by smokers as
of little account.
Hand workmanship, too, is cleverly
initiated by the mold. This is done by
turning the punches in the molds, so no
seams or creases are seen in the cigars
The vertical tops Of the molds, made of
wood cut crosswise, give sharp edge
of the durability Of iron, SO it is possible
to make cigar of absolute perfection.
OF the 3,750,000,000 cigars shown to
have been made in this country, by the
commissioner of internal revenues report
for the fiscal year ended the Both of June
last, nearly seven-eighths were made in
m"lds. From this can be seen what an
important role the mold plays in the man
ufacture of cigars, and what effect fash
ion has upon their shape, has just been
told
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15
SYMPATHY FOR CoLoRow.

why Two Omaha Men Felt Sorry for
the Old Indian.
First Omaha Mani don't see any sense
in hesitating over this thing. The old savage
Colorow deserves no sympathy.
Second Omaha MAXWELL, I've studied
the Indian question good many years and
I don't see how ColoroW can act in any other
way than he does.
'iWhat! Leaving his reservation and raid
ing the settlers every now and then?"
ssYes. You know an Indian has no club
to spend his evenings in as we have
Il suppose not"
mo, and no lodge nights, no election
return nights, and no chance to say he is
lust going down town to see man on
business"
stWell ?"
"He has to start raid occasionally in
order to get away from home, and the poor
fellow has six wives. - Omaha World
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

for the better regulation of the trade.
The Russian American Fur Company
had the right to appoint governor
whose power in Alaska was absolute
and who lived in regal style at Sitka.
The furs which were taken from
Alaska ultimately found their way to
China, where they were bartered for
tea. At the time of the expiration OF
this company's charter - 1864 they
were hopelessly in debt and endeavored
to get the Russian government to take
control of Alaska and to assume the
company's debts. The crown not only
refused this, but also refused a renewal OF
he charter. There was at this time a
corporation in San Francisco, known as
the Russian-American Ice Company, who
were engaged in shipping ice from
Alaska under a lease from Russia
This company made an offer to
Russia of $5,000,000 for a lease of
Alaska for period of twenty years.
While these negotiations were pending in
1867, Secretary Seward succeeded in pur-
chasing the territory for 81 200, 600 None
Of the purchase money reached the Rus
sian treasury, for it was used to liquldate
the debts of the fur company. BY the
purchase of Alaska the United States has
added to her domain over 100000 square
miles. It is larger than all the New
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15
OVER


The seasons done, the blinds are down,
The merry haunts are all deserted;
And vacantly the windows frown
Where erst we danced and dined and firted
No more the dawn on revel steals.
No more the musics urgent drumming
Is broken by the rolling wheels
Of dancers late and later coming.
Fast, fast gay groups at every turn,
Drop from the toilsome round of pleasure
And staggered detrimentals learn
The value of perfect treasure.
This, mid the dull and noteless years,
Shines out forever white and festal
AS through the turbid crowd appears
One dominant, delicious vestal.
A queenher creature ne'er was seen.
Though sober truth condones the treason
OF limiting she had been the queen
OF not an isolated season.
A sOftly-sombre lawn concealed
Her bosom's coy and placid graces,
Whose sentient ivory revealed
The pattern of the yelling laces.
In cheeks too bloomless for her years,
In haunted eyes, still bright and starry,
Buried too deep for easy tears
Itraced the aliquid amari.
Or would the patriot purist urge
A homelier mode of speech, what care I?
Buried too deep again to surge
traced the aliquid amari.
The charm of sympathetic speech,
The bond of unachieved roma Gees,
Had made US equal, each to each,
Like some of Euclid's lighter fancies.
And when two kindly cynics meet
Who know too well the world is hollow
Yet wish to find the surface sweet,
A pretty play is sure to follow.
And now we are so 10th to part,
l wish that had never met you;
I cannot offer you a heart,
l cannot bear to quite forget you.
A willing vassal, lowly proud,
I'd lean and gaze ON you forever
A beauty far above the crowd,
A wit too fine to pose as clever.
Court Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15
The Ascent of Mont Blanc.

The centenary of the first ascent of Mont
Blanc was celebrated at Chamounix on the
18th ut., when monument for which the
various Alpine and tourist clubs of the world,
as well as the Paris Academy of Sciences.
contributed the funds, was at the same time
unveiled to De Saussure who made the
ascent on August %, 1887 with the guide
Jacques Balmat The monument is of bronze
on granite pedestal. The principal feature
Of theprocession with which the proceedings
opened was the band of old guides, forty in
number. and all over seventy years of age
NJ. Spuller French minister of education.
unveiled the statue, and delivered an Grafton
in honor of De Saussure
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

pire of which the American
people are grossly ignorant. Many
of us do not know where Alaska is
situated, and very few have any idea of
it's vast extent and great undeveloped
wealth. One is not surprised to go
among the natives of that far-distant land
and learn that they are totally ignorant
of the government and people under
whose dominion they have lived for
twenty years, for their contact with
Americans has been very limited until
recently, and they have as yet had no
opportunity to learn anything of the ben
etits supposed to spring from American
rule. But it is strange that the Ameri-
can people should be so ignorant of a
portion of their country which is equal
in extent to the mightiest empires of the
world. Perhaps this ignorance may
serve as an excuse for the shameful
treatment Alaska and her people have re-
ceiyed at the hands of the United States
government. Russia gave Alaska gov
eminent and gave her people schools.
Until within the past two years we
granted them neither; and even now
have given them in niggardly way.
Much has been written of our great
Arctic province, but most of it is
altogether unreliable. Of the recent
books, there is one written by an
author who viewed Alaska from the
deck of an excursion steamer during
trip of two weeks; and another by an
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

received its name. Alaska has many ex-
tinct volcanoes, and also some which are
yet active. These are principally in the
Aleutian Islands, where nature seems not
to have completed her work as yet. Re-
Gently an island disappeared in the
ocean, and four miles distant from it
new island arose from which smoke is
constantly ascending, as though the island
was just fresh from the forge of nature.
Next to Greenland, Alaska possesses
the largest glaciers in the world, besides
which those of Switzerland are very
insignificant. 1t is estimated that there
are over 5000 active glaciers in Alaska,
many of which are easy of access.
1t is great pity the United States does
not extend the benefit of its laws to
Alaska. The mining laws have been so
extended, but with the exception of a
mining claim one cannot own foot of
land. There are but twenty-three fee
simple titles in the Territory. These were
granted by Russia and confirmed by the
treaty of purchase. AS it is now, many
expensive buildings are being erected on
land to which the builder can acquire no
title. A. X. HACK.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

author who had not
been in Alaska for
thirteen years, and
who saw but a small
portion of it then.
1t is to be hoped
that the travel now
going to Alaska will
have a tendency to
diffuse a wi d er
knowledge of it and
its people, and that
our governmentwill
be thus compelled
to grant that justice
which it has so long
denied.
Vitus B erin 6,
whose name is so
closely associated
with the North Pa
citic ocean, was a
Dane. II e was
drawn into the SER
vice of the Russian
government by the
renoWn of Peter
the Great, under
whose patronage he
commenced a series
of voyages in the
year 1925, the object
of which was to dis
cover whether Asia
and America were
one continent. He
continued his voy-
ages up to 1741, in
winch year, and but
a short time before
his death, he dis
covered Alaska.
AS soon as the
new land became
known to the Rus
slams they fitted out
numerous vessels
and com m e need
trading with the
natives. They soon
got into so much
trouble that they
were obliged to Or
ganize a company
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

1t. The part OF a cigar which
is formed by the mold is called the
bunch, comprising the filler and the
binder. The company that got out the
mold have over twenty-four hundred
different shapes and sizes, which repre-
sent the changes in cigars fashions have
invoked The manufacturers of molds
do not set the fashions in cigars as do
the milliner and potter. They cannot
make an arbitrary wooden block of molds
and say: "This is the fall style in cigars,
come and buy it," They work entirely
according to the cigarmakers' behests.
The latter, in turn, act in response to the
public demand. So, after all. smokers are
the real arbiters for the fashions of the
cigars they smoke. Sometimes, how
ever, cigar manufacturer will bring
out an odd shape that he thinks
will sell and call for mold of his
peculiar pattern: but ordinarily his
orders to the moldmaker do not
vary from the shapes of cigars that
readily sell and are in most request.
The difference of particle in the
measurements of cigar requires
new mold, and that is the reason
why fashions in cigars are always
changing.
For while the smokers taste will be
for cigar of long, thin shape; then a
Panatelas mold will be demanded; anon
a cigar pointed at both ends is in request;
then Trabuco mold is wanted; again
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

Midnight burglar (sternly)-Give me your
watch Humorous Mr.. Poggs-Certainly,
sir. There you are; it, Waterbury. Bur-
ga5 tsFe g hsaHehs
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
HE oBEYED ORDERS.

HE 0BEYED ORDERS.
Now, James," said an Arizona editor as
he was leaving for two-weeks vacation,
''you will have entire charge of the paper
while am gone. Conduct it respectfully,
as have done Say kind word for people
whenever you can, and make no man the
Bugle's enemy. You know all the stock
phrases-'our esteemed fellowcitizen' and
the like. Work them in judiciously when
you mention anybody"
Gail right, SIR" replied James, and the
editor packed his collar-box and departed.
When he glanced over the issues of the
3,gze on his return he was startled to find
such items as these on the local page:
''Our esteemed fellow-townsman, John
Grumpy, was sent to the workhouse yester-
day for beating his wife,"
Genial Joe Smithers was drunk and dis
orderly on Tuesday. Fine S."
''Quite number of our esteemed fellow
citizens got terms in Jail this week. Hen
Goudy received fifteen days for stealing
chickens; Eli Pipkin maltreated a farmer
and went up for week, and Sol Slabsides
was imprisoned a month for burglarizing
Mr.. Snider's store"
OiT ldHdSoine poLCeLHdh, lave joIeS,
has been charged with conniving at some re-
cent burglaries, and in consequence his du-
ties are being performed by sub, pending
investigation"
1.-THE charming Mrs. O'Flaherty, of the
Second ward, was bound over on Friday to
keep the peace on complaint of the versa
tile Mrs. McFiter, who complained that the
former lady had given her severe tongue
lashing and threatened her with bodily in
jury"
''Dick Boozer, our estimable saloonkeeper,
had to contribute $40 to the town treasury
for permitting row in his fnely-appointed
bar-room on Thursday night"
The next time the proprietor of the Bug1e
takes a vacation he thinks he will stay at
home.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

strated. By degrees, however, the
cigar makers of this country took
to using it, and to-day foreign
countries initiate it and make cigars
in molds that are fashioned after
the American patent.
The mold is made of wood, beech
generally, because that wood is
found to be light and at the same
time tough. 1t is oblong in shape,
and has twenty cups in the top,
which fit on a corresponding num-
Der of matrices in the bottom of
the mold. These matrices are of
the identical shape of a cigar; in
deed, the cigar is made by filling
them with tobacco. This gives the
cigar its shape, and it is afterward
finished by rolling wrapper about
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

For sail-The Thistle and the Volunteer
Never say die. Expire is higher sound
ing word.
The baseball batter will soon give way to
the buckwheat batter.
Robert T. Lincoln's presidential boom has
reached the campaign-song stage. This is
probably what has made him a-verse to be-
ing a candidate WIN. H. SIvITER.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15
HOW HE WORKED UP A PRACTICE.

HOW HE WORKED UP A PRACTICE.
''Well. I've done a good seasons work, "
remarked a young physician.
Indeed Working up practice, are your
Eyes; struck a scheme which yields pay
dirt"
What is it ?"
"Why, l loiter around the market an
hour or two each day, and when man
buys a watermelon lust hand him my
card"
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15

INCLUDED BOTH IN ONE SENTENCE.
First Citizen-Well, this is very warm
day, as well as very rainy one.
Second Citizen-Yes it's nice sweat day
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15
SEVEN MILLION MINUTES.

n whatever form
inventive genius
may work, or
what the princi-
pie, the motive,
J philoso by or
skill, it comes to
this, that, wrought out
for the good of man
kind, for the happi-
ness and well-being
of society, it must aim
at the greatest good
to the largest number
or fall short of per-
lection.
Next to the COM
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15
UP IN ALASKA.
INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING
THE ARCTIC TERRITORY.

Deplorable Ignorance of Americans Con-
corning This Latest Possession of Theirs
Over 100000 Square Miles Large-Big-
gest Glaciers to be Found in the World.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15
HE EXPLAINED 1T.

HE EXPLAINED 1T.
"Smith, how is it there is never any mod
crate applause at a circus? 1t is either very
quiet or very enthusiastic"
80, that's easily explained, Jones. When
any excitement at all arises. it is obliged to
be in-tents.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-16
SOME WOMEN JOURNALISTS.

Boston i, the paradise OF newspaper
women.
Mis-. Grace sopez, who is clever editorial
writer on The Boston Journal expresses sat
isfacfion with her work and genuine liking
for il.
Alice Stone Blackwell. of The Womans
journal, IS the young and talented daughter
Of Mr.. Lucy Stone and Heary b. Blackwell
Miuna Caroline Smith, Of The Boston Adj
vertiser, Is d western girl, who was for "a long
time on The Chicago lnter-Ocean. She likes
newspaper work and succeedr in it.
Mr. Laura G.. Holloway. for years on the
staff OF The Brooklyn Eagle. liked newspaper
work 20 well that since her graduation into
magazine work and book writug she has also
continued 10 do more or less journalistic
work
Mis- Lillian Whiting says that nearly all
women journalists not only contribute their
quota 20 the special journals on which they
are engaged. but are also writers OF poems.
stories and charming coTespa.icnce on co.-
tributOs % magazines or autIo.e OF b00.i
Mrs Louisa Knapp, who receives 5000 o
year for editing The Philadelphia HOME
Journal does her work under conditions as
pleasant as often fall 10 tho lot OF a journal
ist. her business office is at her home In
Camden, y. j., and is full Of pictures and
flowers. She has telephone connections with
the Philadelphia establishment and directs
the smallest details Of the work